

The Way Things Go
Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent contraption in an empty warehouse. When set in motion, a domino-like chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices. Fire, water, the laws of gravity, and chemistry determine the life-cycle of the objects. The process reveals a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, and improbability and precision, in an extended science project that will mesmerize the mind.
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- Language
- German
- garbage
- experiment
- rube goldberg
- drawing and painting
- visual arts
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CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 1988
GermanyDE
- TheatricalSource: IMDb1 Jun 1987
SwitzerlandCH
- PremiereLocarno Film Festival1 Aug 1987
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The Way Things Go was released on 1 June 1987.
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